As it pertains to differences in land-water heating, transparency
A) is greater in land than water.
B) refers to the fact that land is opaque and water is transparent.
C) produces a heat loading at the surface of water bodies.
D) produces a photic layer that normally is 2000 m (6600 ft.) deep.
Question 2
Which of the following best describes the condition of steady-state equilibrium?
A) System inputs always exactly balance outputs so the system never changes.
B) System inputs and outputs fluctuate around a stable average so the system does not move far from its average condition.
C) System inputs produce large, random fluctuations in output, forcing the system into a new state of equilibrium.
D) Systems slowly adjust to long-term changes in input and output.